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(ModeL) R. H. 86 W. D. SHUMWAY.

- I SAW HANDLE.

No. 300,907. Patented June 24, 1884.

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ATENT FFICE.

RUFUS H. SIIUMWAY AND WILLIAM D. SHUMWAY, F LEBANON SrRINes, NEW YORK,ASSIGNORS r0 SAIL RUFUs H. SHUMWAY.

SAW-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,907, dated June 24,1884. I

Application filed March 24, 1884. (ModeL) I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RUFUS H. SHUMWAY and WILLIAM D. SHUMWAY, both ofLebanon Springs, in the county of Columbia and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inlSaw-Handles, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention more particularly relates to IO the handles of cross-cutsaws for sawing logs and trees; and it consists in the construction andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side View of a cross out saw-blade in part, withone of its handles, and as in position for sawing up logs, the meansused for attaching the saw-blade being the same as regards both endhandles. Fig. 2 is an inside face View of the handle with the saw-bladedetached; Fig. 3, a section on the line :10 w in Fig. l; and Fig. 4, aside View of the handle with the saw-blade adjusted into a plane atright angles to the position shown for it in Fig. 1, and adapted tosawing trees.

A indicates one handle of the saw, which is grooved longitudinally andcrosswise on the inner end of its face, to receive on and within itplates B B and O O, constructed and arranged to form longitudinalgrooves b b and cross-grooves c 0, of any desired depth and of a widthcorresponding with the thickness of the saw-blade or thereabout, so asto receive the end of vthe saw-bladefreely within them.

The wood portion of the handle is also constructed with a many-sidedrectangular re- 0 cess, (1, extending inward from its frontside or faceat the junction of the plates B B and O O, and said plates constructedto correspond, the saine forming rectangular spaces or cavities cf atright angles with each other and re- 4 5 spectively parallel with thegrooves I) c. The

handle A has also a hole, through it in line i with the junction of saidplates, and may be fitted with a perforated back plate, D.

E is a hook, the body h of which is of fiattened construction and set toone side of the screw-shank t, and the nose is of which is arranged toengage with a hole, Z, near the end of the saw-blade G when in place.

To secure the saw-blade in position for sawing up logs, as Shown inFigs. 1 and 3, the blade G, having the nose is of the hook insertedthrough the hole Z in it, is adjusted into avertical position with itsteeth downward, and is inserted at both of its ends, respectively,within thelongitudinal grooves bin either handle, and the body and shankportion of the hook projected within and through the handle, and so thatthe flattened portionh of the hook engages with the walls of therectangular space or cavity e, to lock the saw-blade in position, athumb-screw, H, being applied to the screwshank of the hook to tightenthe saw-blade in its place.

When it is required to secure the saw-blade in position for sawingtrees, said blade is adjusted to lie horizontally or crosswise of thehandle or handles, as shown in Fig. 4, and the flattened portion h ofthe body of the hook made to engc ge with the walls of the rectangnlarlocking space or cavity f, and the thumbnut H turned to tighten up thesaw-blade, as before.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent The combination, with either saw-handle A, jofthe plates B O, constructed to form longitudinal grooves 12,cross-grooves c, and locking-cavities e j, the saw-blade-holding hook E,constructed to engage with the walls of either of said cavities, and thenut H, essentially as shown and described.

- RUFUS H. SHUMWAY.

WILLIAM D. SHUMWAY. Witnesses:

O. L. HATFIELD, H. M. JERDoNn.

